Yellow River Mother Sculpture is the best of its kind in China. The
whole sculpture contains that of a mother and a baby.The mother
with long hair,slim figure,lying on the undulate water looks happy
and kind.On her breast hold a small kid who bear naive smile.The
sculpture connotes that the Yellow River has nourished generations
of Chinese.
Yellow River Mother has long been considered as the mother river of
Chinese civilization.It was carved out of a huge piece of granite
in 1986 in Beijing with 6 m in length,2.2m in width and 2.6 m in
height.
This sculpture is the best of its kind in China.The whole sculpture
contains that of a mother and a baby.The mother with long hair,
slim figure, lying on the undulate water looks happy and kind.On
her breast hold a small kid who bear naive smile.The sculpture
connotes that the Yellow River has nourished generations of
Chinese.
To the west of the sculpture (Binhe Road), tourists can pay a visit
to the Waterwheel Garden to get an idea about how the traditional
irrigation tool works.In fact,the water wheels were introduced into
Lanzhou from Yunnan Province by a local people,who used to work in
Yunnan in Ming Dynasty (1368–1644),the first water wheel was
successfully built on the north bank of the Yellow River in
1556.The large water wheels have a diameter of about 20
meters,small ones around 10 meters,therefore,through the irrigation
device,the water can be lifted about 15-18 meters high. Generally
the big wheels can irrigate 600-700 Mu of land (1 Mu=666.6 square
meter),and small one about 100-200 Mu.In the ancient time,water
wheels were very advanced and convenient irrigation tool.
